Patents by Inventor Teruma Nishi

Teruma Nishi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System for designing visual information to be displayed on monitor unit used in combination with programmable controller
    Patent number: 7015932
    Abstract: A system for designing visual information on a monitor unit which enables the use of the monitor unit manufactured at a reduced cost but assures rapid reproduction of the intended visual information. The monitor unit is utilized in combination with a programmable logic controller (PLC) for monitoring a task to be performed by I/O devices managed by the PLC. The monitor unit includes a display, a controller section, and a memory. The system includes an image design tool operating on a personal computer for creating a source display code of the visual information to be reproduced on the display. The image design tool has a conversion means which translates the source display code into a corresponding bitmapped image and exports the bitmapped image to the monitor unit for immediate reproduction of the visual information on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadamitsu Koike, Masato Nanboku, Eiichi Uematsu, Toshiaki Yoshiyasu, Koji Ono, Kyosuke Iribe, Hiroshi Okada, Yoshiharu Yoshimoto, Teruma Nishi